County profile
DeKalb County, IL
United States · GDP 2024
#669 of 3,127 US counties by GDP31st-percentile growthmore diversified than 83% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$5.7B
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.2%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
29,129
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
1,975
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$54.3k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
101,835
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$70.7k±$2.5k
Bachelor's degree+
33.0%±1.6%
Poverty rate
14.8%±1.7%
Business applications
948 · 2025
Retail establishments
257
25.5/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care23%
Retail trade21%
Manufacturing19%
Transportation15%
Food & accommodation15%
Construction8%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
101,835
residents · 2025 · +1.5% since 2020
Income per capita $55.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−836
International migration+1,401
Natural change+741
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$4.4B2019
$4.5B2020
$4.9B2021
$5.2B2022
$5.5B2023
$5.7B2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$243.6k±$5.3k
Median gross rent
$1.0k/mo±$33/mo
Vacancy rate
5.1%±1.0%
Affordability
4.5× wages
Residential permits
$66.7M
264 units · 2.6/1k pop
FEMA risk score
80.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.4k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Cold wave 94Tornado 88Strong wind 79
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
2552016
2682017
2772018
2882019
2922020
3232021
3602022
4012023
4262024
4542025
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
↑ 10% since 20212402021
2862022
2812023
2572024
2642025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
1.1 km
I-88
Nearest freight rail
0.9 km
UP
Nearest port
61.4 km
ADM/GROWMARK RIVER SYSTEM, OTTAWA NORTH GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
43.2 km
CHICAGO/ROCKFORD INTL
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$54.3k
avg. annual pay · +19% since 2019
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What is the GDP of DeKalb?
DeKalb's economy produced $5.7B in 2024, growing 2.2% year over year — slower than 69% of US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.